Rolemaster Fanzine Issue 22

Welcome to Issue 22, February 2019

This is the second issue of 2019.

So it is February (actually it is 27th of Jan but it will be Feb by the time you get to read this) and there is no sign of RMu making an appearance.

Part of my desire to see the new edition of Rolemaster hit the shelves is to start calling it RMu rather than RMU as it is most commonly referred to on the forums. When the game hits DriveThruRPG there will be no mention of the Unified suffix. The game will be Rolemaster, not Rolemaster Unified. So the lowercase u is in honour of the fact that there is no u at all.

This issue is mostly taken up with another starting adventure. This will be triple statted for RM2/RMC, RMFRP/RMSS and RMu. I hope that every issue will be an improvement on the previous one and that I will improve the layout and presentation of these adventures. Maybe by the end of the year these will be truly professional quality adventure modules.

In addition, this month I want to talk a bit about Rolemaster and Against the Darkmaster and how they relate to Rolemaster. They must have a relationship as all three occupy the same space on peoples gaming bookshelves as simulationist D100 games.

In December I asked for inspiration for these starter adventures. The first thing that came back was the Caravan Guard opening adventure. This is my take on a Caravan Guard Duty opening adventure. It has the working title of “The Open Fist”

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